Drawing by carlo d’arco (1799–1872)[1] of a painting by francesco monsignori [i. E. Bonsignori] depicting the beata osanna andreasi accompanied by nuns. D’arco is identified as the creator of the drawing at bottom left: ‘d’arco dis[. ]’, engraving credit (bottom right) may be deciphered, by reference to other plates in the volume, as ‘prem. Lit penuti verona’. In the list of plates (p. 118), the image is identified as la beata osanna andreasi con alcune monache, dipinta da francesco monsignori. D’arco discusses the painting on pp. 58–59. Andreasi is depicted standing on a devil, holding lilies in one hand and a heart and crucifix in the other. She is accompanied by three nuns and two laywomen. Of the latter the one closest to us is isabella d’este, marchesa of mantua; as she wears the costume of a widow, the painting cannot have been made before the death of her husband francesco gonzaga on 29 march 1519. Bonsignori died, according to vasari, on 12 july of that year. [2]. Date: painting 1519[3]; drawing and engraving no later than 1857..
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